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Kidman says adopting helped as Lion movie gets mixed reviews
Nicole Kidman says having her own adopted children helped her relate to her character in the new film Lion.
Nicole Kidman says having her own adopted children helped her relate to her character in the new film Lion.
The movie adaptation of Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, American Pastoral, premiered on Friday night at the Toronto International Film Festival.
A Philippine revenge drama has taken out the top award of the Golden Lion, while Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals won the Grand Jury prize.
Being confined to a wheelchair hasn't slowed Tim Ferguson down. He's back in a reunited Doug Anthony All Stars, he's directed his first movie and he just might have a new TV show too.
In a big week for Australian film, Martin Freeman has joined Helen Mirren among the big-name international actors shooting in Australia.
When you think of science fiction it doesn't take long to arrive at Captain Kirk, phaser guns, warp drive and Star Trek's USS Enterprise.
Doug Anthony All Star Tim Ferguson looks at the fun and dark side of country towns in a film he directed from a specially equipped golf buggy that doubled as a wheelchair.
Everyone with a love of classical theatre will want the opportunity to see this play of such sinister glamour and stabbing, impassioned treachery.
Clint Eastwood's direction does justice to Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and his remarkable plane landing.
Patrick Dempsey's sanguine step into the Bridget Jones juggernaut.
The Secret Life of Pets has all the strengths and weaknesses of big-studio feature animation: it's loud, strident in comedy and action, lacking in real character development, but sufficiently plausible to attract good opening weekend grosses.
Roles for women, minorities and the LGBT community were still at 2007 levels, the report from the University of Southern California found.
Before the new Red Dog hits cinemas, its director is making a provocative film about who we are as a country.
Making Girl Asleep was a leap into the unknown for theatre director Rosemary Myers and writer Matthew Whittet, but it paid off in spades.
The arts sector is facing more upheaval with a potential restructure of Arts NSW and Screen NSW.
The film of a man bringing up his children in an alternative lifestyle is let down by contradictions in both characters and script.
The movie, based on the true story of a US Army medic who entered battle without bearing arms, received a rare 10-minute standing ovation.
In his BBC documentaries Louis Theroux is able to immerse himself in various subcultures, but his doco on Scientology is not his finest hour.
Our pick of films showing this week.
Once touted as the next Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Now, he is working hard to redeem himself, he says in a wide-ranging interview.
There is no simple resolution in this joyful, wrenching drama set in 1970s France.
Daniel Craig, who has already starred in four films in the Bond franchise – Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre – is being offered a reported $US150 million ($198 million) to stay with the franchise. But is he worth it?
The carefree beats the chaotic in this remake of the children's tale Pete's Dragon.
Belgian filmmaker Michael Duduk de Wit was invited to create an animated feature film by Japan's revered Studio Ghibli. The result was the award-winning The Red Turtle.
Crazy cats are in the picture as the creators of Despicable Me turn their animation sights to animals.
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